The Gardens in mid July

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A garden update and a request to help me name my mystery flower.


1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Potatoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise
50. Mini Peppers Yellow and Red
51. Tomato Gardeners Delight
52. Tomato Britain's Breakfast
53. Cabbage Brigadier F1
54. Tomato Mennonite
55. Dianthus deltoides
56. Bellis
57. Linzer Delekatass Potato
58. Novella Potato
59. Roko Potato
60. Gold Rush Potato
61. Caribe Potato
62. Amarosa Potato
63. Nicola Potato
64. Cara Potato

Covered Bridges of New Brunswick Video # 2

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A drive through Sunbury and York Counties to the Covered Bridges.

Covered Bridges of New Brunswick Video # 1

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The first video in a series with plans to visit all 64 covered bridges in New Brunswick .

I used this great website to locate the bridges:

http://dalejtravis.com

Tour - Pruning Grapes - Update & a movie trailer

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Music used in the trailer at the end of the video is royalty free music provided by Apple in the iMovie software package.

Checkout the silly trailer at the end of the video preview of a future video series.

Check out Woody's Channel and his excellent series on Grape Pruning:
https://www.youtube.com/user/1962mrwoody

Three weeks further on in the gardens

A look at the progress made in the garden over the past three weeks

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1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Potatoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise
50. Mini Peppers Yellow and Red
51. Tomato Gardeners Delight
52. Tomato Britain's Breakfast
53. Cabbage Brigadier F1
54. Tomato Mennonite
55. Dianthus deltoides
56. Bellis
57. Linzer Delekatass Potato
58. Novella Potato
59. Roko Potato
60. Gold Rush Potato
61. Caribe Potato
62. Amarosa Potato
63. Nicola Potato
64. Cara Potato

TORTILLA ESPAÑOL on the wood

Cooking on the wood stove in the Cabin


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Bobwhite Quail 5 weeks old

A look at the Quail enjoying their secure yard and some improvements that I made to it.

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Jøtul & Potjie in the Cabin

Demonstrating my new Jøtul Wood-stove and cooking on it.

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Cabin Time Lapse April 2nd to June 2nd, 2015

Time lapse at the cabin of the arrival of spring. The camera woke up daily at noon and took a photo every 15 minutes until 2pm. from April 2, 2015 to June 2, 2015.

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Richters Order Arrived & an update

Checking out my Richters order and a look around the gardens and hoop house.

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Plant List

1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Potatoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise
50. Mini Peppers Yellow and Red
51. Tomato Gardeners Delight
52. Tomato Britain's Breakfast
53. Cabbage Brigadier F1
54. Tomato Mennonite
55. Dianthus deltoides
56. Bellis
57. Linzer Delekatass Potato
58. Novella Potato
59. Roko Potato
60. Gold Rush Potato
61. Caribe Potato
62. Amarosa Potato
63. Nicola Potato
64. Cara Potato

Solar Power Installed at the Cabin

Solar Power working at the cabin and I camped out overnight.

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Bobwhite Quail in the new coop

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The Quail have moved into their new home.

Twelve Varieties of Potatoes and an update

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Chitting potatoes and a look at the garden and hoop house.

Norland : Smooth red skin, shallow eyes white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)(Early)

Pacific Russet : Newly released, russet skin white flesh, very shallow eyes. Good yield uniform size. Great boiled or baked. Rated very high in Ontario industry trials for yield and uniformity. (Early)

Yukon Gold: Oval, slightly flattened tubers, yellow, skin light yellow flesh. Tubers can grow quite large and store well. Good for boiling baking and frying. Plants look similar to a tomato plant. (Mid Season)

Shepody : Long tubers, white skin, white moist flesh medium deep eyes. Excellent tasting potato. Excellent for boiling, baking or french fries. Some resistance to rhizoctonia (black scurf) (Mid Season)

Linzer Delekatass: The Linzer is an early-maturing and another waxy potato most popular for boiling or making salads. Potatoes are small & oval with yellow skin. Linzer Delikatess is one of our top selling potatoes to home and market gardeners .(Fingerling)

Novella : Novella is a new variety with a yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. Potatoes are good and of uniform size. Novella is suitable for cultivation on different soil types but can be susceptible to common scab. (Mid Season)

Roko: Oval potatoes with bright red skin and white flesh. Roko has a unique quality of producing high yields with uniform potatoes. Also excellent for over winter storage. (Mid Season)

Gold Rush: Gold Rush is a great alternative to Russet Burbank which has been a staple in many gardens for years. Gold Rush is an early maturing russet variety, great for boiling and baking. (Mid Season)

Caribe: Caribe is a high yielding oblong potatoes with excellent storage qualities. It is one of my favorite baked potatoes as it has a nice moist flesh when cooked. (Early)

Amarosa: AmaRosa is a mid-season fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. These creamy nutritious fingerlings are great for baking, roasting, and grilling. AmaRosa also make fantastically colorful potato chips as they retain their bright red color when fried.(Fingerling)

Nicola: Long to oval shape with a rich yellow skin and yellow waxy flesh. Excellent as a salad or boiling potato, wonderful for mash. Also excellent for baked potato dishes and roasting. Originally from West Germany, now widely grown around the world. (Mid Season)

Cara: A wonderful dry floury potatoes that I am growing from my own saved seed from last years crop. I find they best way to cook these is to steam them whole. (Mid Season)

Link to Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes: https://www.seedpotatoes.ca

Yellow Spotted Salamanders

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Lots of these guys around this morning.

Britain celebrates arrival of new princess

Bobwhite Quail Hatching Cam

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A few clips of the Bobwhite Quail hatching and in the brooder.

Sugar Bush 2015 #3 Final Production

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Finished collecting and making this years maple syrup. Not a lot but the best quality I've ever made.

In the Hoop House & Candling Quail Eggs

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At last I'm in the Hoop House and I candle the Quail Eggs again to show the development.

Time Lapse Clouds

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Just a short time lapse of the clouds.

3/4 Treasures of Ancient Greece (Ep1) - The Age of Heroes

First broadcast: Apr 2015.
In the first episode Alastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur. He travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii', and finds gold in the fabled stronghold of Mycenae and dazzling remains from Greece's Dark Ages. Alastair discovers the beginnings of a defining spirit in Greek art, embracing mythology, a passion for symmetry, and an obsession with the human body.